Matchbox Pictures


Matchbox Pictures is a film and television production company headquartered in Sydney with production houses in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore. It was formed in 2008 by Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst. In 2011, NBCUniversal took a majority stake in Matchbox Pictures, and full ownership by January 2014.
Matchbox Pictures is led by Alastair McKinnon, Matthew Vitins, Debbie Lee, Penny Chapman, Helen Panckhurst, Michael McMahon, and Kate O'Connell.

Productions

Current or upcoming productions are listed in bold text.

Film

Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.
TitleNetworkYearsNotes
AnatomyABC2008-2013
Darwin's Lost Paradise2009Documentary
Saved2009Tele-movie
My PlaceABC32009—2011
Miss South Sudan AustraliaABC2010
Leaky BoatABC2011
Sex: An Unnatural HistorySBS2011
The SlapABC2011
The StraitsABC2012
Network Ten2012Tele-movie
Next Stop HollywoodABC2013
CampNBC2013
Formal WarsSeven Network2013
Zuzu & the SupernuffsKidsCo2013
Nowhere BoysABC ME2013–2018
Young, Lazy and Driving Us CrazySeven Network2014
Old SchoolABC2014
Devil's Playgroundshowcase2014
The Real Housewives of MelbourneArena2014–present
Maximum ChoppageABC22015
Room 101SBS2015
Deadline Gallipolishowcase2015Limited series. Co-production with Full Clip Productions
GlitchABC2015–presentSecond season co-production with Netflix
The Family LawSBS2016–2019
WantedSeven Network2016–2018Co-production with R&R Productions
Secret Cityshowcase2016 and 2019
The Real Housewives of AucklandBravo2016
The Real Housewives of SydneyArena2017
Mustangs FCABC Me2017-present
Australian SpartanSeven Network2018–2019
Safe HarbourSBS2018
Everyone's a CriticABC2018
The HeightsABC2019–present
StatelessABC2020
Hungry Ghosts SBS2020
ClickbaitNetflix2020Filming suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.